Tip of the day

Try not to over-water your plants and vegetables. You want a balance of half-blue (wet), half-white (dry), on the Water Meter. If you over-water a plant, leaving it alone for a while will allow the excess water will drain off over time.

If you have an illpiñata, call the doctor as soon as possible. If you wait and the doctor cannot make it in time, Dastardos will come and smash the ill piñata. If you don't have enough Chocolate Coins and really want it to be cured, then exit the garden and come back when you have enough.

When creating a new species from an existing resident, it's helpful not to change your only resident species into a different species. Wait for a second one to become a resident, then romance them first, so you will have some of both species.

If you have a Sprinkling helper, a good time to plant things is right before dawn. If you finish your planting around 6-7:00am game time, the sprinkling will show up first thing in the morning, and help you water the new plants all day.

One strategy for making money is to grow produce. One of the best is the Chili pepper because its seeds only cost 22 coins and each sells for 100 coins. For even more profit, put the plants in tight bunches and use fertilizer on each group up to three times to raise the value of the pepper to 400 coins.

A strategy to make some quick money is to create a new garden solely for the purpose of growing poison ivy. Plant as many poison ivy seeds as you can in this garden. Then let the poison ivy "green" flower heads bloom and fall to the ground. You can then sell these poison ivy flower heads for 100 coins each. Re-plant the seeds that each poison ivy plant spits out. However, don't do this in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise as the heads will actually cost chocolate coins to sell, so you lose money.

Try to avoid piñatafights before they happen by making sure that each piñata has enough of whatever it needs. Also, check to make sure that there's no conflicts with each species. If you find any conflicts you can either send all of one species to another garden using the Post Office, or fence each off in a different zone. If a piñata has broken open in a fight, it may be reluctant to return.

The condition for receiving a Master Romancer award is having seven piñatas of a speciesresident in the gardenat the same time. This could be done by romancing 2 piñatas 5 times, but romancing is not a requirement.

If you have too many piñatas in your garden, your piñatas will not romance. Try selling a few of your other piñatas, and see if the hearts above their heads come back, or turn back pink instead of inverted cyan.